Ty Gibbs has rocketed up the NASCAR ladder.
From 2019-2021, the grandson of NASCAR Hall of Fame team owner Joe Gibbs captured 27 victories in the ARCA platform, encompassing the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. For the cherry on top, Gibbs won the 2021 main ARCA championship.
Gibbs was just getting started with his accomplishments. He won his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut in 2021, then followed it up with three more wins.
This year, Gibbs has competed in Xfinity full-time, amassing a series-high five victories and a top bet to win the Xfinity championship.
When Kurt Busch was forced to temporarily step out of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota due to issues related to a concussion sustained in the NASCAR Cup Series action, Gibbs was tabbed to fill in. Astoundingly, Gibbs has quickly learned the Next Gen car. On Sunday (Aug. 7), Gibbs achieved his first-ever Cup top 10 with a 10th-place finish at Michigan International Speedway.
Gibbs has not dwelled on his successes for long though. Rather, he wants to keep winning races and succeeding as a NASCAR driver.
“I feel like that’s so hard for me to sit back and just dwell in the presence of all this that’s happened in the past couple of months or years,” Gibbs said after he won the Xfinity race at MIS. “It’s been so crazy, so I just acknowledge it and keep working harder and harder. And I feel like that pays off. You can’t rest, you always got to keep working, you can’t stop when the job’s not finished so just got to keep going and going.”
Gibbs’ meteoric rise has not surprised those in ARCA, who immediately knew he was talented.
“Right from the start, Ty showed he was going to be an elite talent,” ARCA Communications Manager Charlie Krall told Frontstretch. “They came and tested with him when he was 14 or 15 years old. He was testing those race cars. They would rent out Toledo Speedway for the day. Even then, he was already incredibly focused, and you could tell he was already on track to become a very successful racecar driver with the attitude he was showing. I am not at all surprised that he’s climbed the ladder as quickly as he has.”
Furthermore, Krall knows Gibbs’ constant determination is to thrive as a racecar driver, basking in the glory of a win during the race weekend before turning his attention to the next event.
“I have not seen his attitude change at all. He’s always been just that – I want to come out and race….
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